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InfoWorld: The CEOs of Corel and Inprise reflect on why their companies were meant for one another

"Last week, Corel and Inprise, two companies that in recent
years have struggled to find their places in a Microsoft-dominated
software market, forged a relationship bound by Linux. Armed with a
strong core of users, engineers, and equity, the two will now plow
ahead arm in arm, looking for the market share that has eluded them
on their own...."

"InfoWorld: I guess we should start by asking the question that
people often ask of couples: What do you guys see in each
other?"

"Cowpland: Basically we're on the same wavelength: that the
Internet is driving everything and we need to be open-oriented.
Both companies have been approaching this from different directions
and now you have a real end-to-end solution. Also, both
companies move at a very good speed, which is very important in an
Internet world."

"Fuller: On a personal level, it is exciting to work with a
founder of this revolution that is defining the whole computer
industry. He [Cowpland] has been around this since the beginning in
founding Corel around Internet productivity software, and we at
Borland have been building application development tools primarily
for business professionals that want to build applications that run
on top of the various operating systems out there. So when you
think about it, what is really great is that we've both been
providing solutions out there to problems businesses and
individuals have been having."